Roma!

Yes, I know you all know what that means... Yesterday I spent a wonderful day in the beautiful city of Rome! I got up early (yuk) and rode a bike to the train station, to get on the train at 7:30! I then rode for 2 and 1/2 hours to my stop - Termini. I walked to the McDonalds and met Sammy and her sister Melissa. After walking around a little and looking at some cool old church, Melissa had to go to class, so Sammy (now an official  Roman resident) and I took the bus! We went to a Piazza (square) first where the lion fountains are, and everybody has to take a picture on the lion... Then we ate breakfast. The Italians eat these cute little pastries and stand at a counter and drink espresso or Cappuccino for breakfast. It was good :-) We then proceeded to the "Via dei Condotti", the famous street where all the Gucci, Prada, Burberry, etc. stores are. We went in a few, just to look around. When you walk in some model doorman with an expensive suit will open the door and breath some rehearsed Italian welcome. There are about 10 items in each room, the average price usually in the thousands. Snooty women are walking around and occasionally there were some men wearing tight pants carrying purses... interesting. It was fun, though, and all these shops were in beautiful old buildings. Then Sammy and I walked up the Spanish steps (keep in mind, I wore boots... with heels... stupid, stupid, 
stupid.) and back down. We stopped at some other cool places on the way  to Trevi fountain - I didn't throw a coin in, because I know I'll be back :-) I also saw the newspaper building which was huge and cool, and then Sammy and I ate at Hard Rock Cafe, haha. I got cherry pepsi which was incredible, because it literally does not exist in Italy. Then we decided to go to the mall! :-) It was fun, the first Italian mall I've seen, and there was even a store like a walmart, haha. So I got to see the tourist Rome and the real Rome - it was an awesome day. Then I traveled back to Grosseto by train and made it back to the Childers'. It was a fun day, and I can't wait to go back soon!